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Armed Forces Commissioner Bill

Government Bill

Originated in the House of Commons, Session 2024-25

Bill (8)

Full text of the Bill as introduced and further versions of the Bill as it is reprinted to incorporate amendments (proposals for change) made during its passage through Parliament.

Bill 262 2024-25 (Lords Non-Insistence and Amendments in Lieu)
12 June 2025
Commons
HL Bill 105 Commons Disagreements and Amendment in Lieu
3 June 2025
Lords
Bill 243 2024-25 (Lords Amendments to the Bill)
13 May 2025
Commons
23 January 2025
Lords
Bill 124 2024-25 (as introduced)
6 November 2024
Commons
Bill 124 2024-25 (as introduced) - large print
6 November 2024
Commons
Bill 124 2024-25 (as introduced) - xml download
6 November 2024
Commons

Documents to explain the purpose of the Bill.

Bill 243 EN 2024-25 (Lords Amendments to the Bill)
20 May 2025
Commons
23 January 2025
Lords
Bill 124 EN 2024-25
6 November 2024
Commons
Bill 124 EN 2024-25 - large print
6 November 2024
Commons

In the House of Commons, amendments are grouped together so that amendments relating to a particular topic or issue are discussed together.

Grouping of Lords Amendments by Secretary John Healey and selection of motions by Mr Speaker - 3 June 2025
3 June 2025
Commons
Speaker’s provisional grouping and selection of Amendments - 21 January 2025
21 January 2025
Commons
Chair’s provisional selection and grouping of amendments in Committee - 12 December 2024
11 December 2024
Commons

The Government provide a delegated powers memorandum for all public (including hybrid) bills to justify the delegation of powers, usually to Ministers, in the bill. For reports of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee, see “Select Committee Reports”.

Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Delegated Powers Memorandum
24 January 2025
Lords

Full list of amendment papers relating to the Bill. Individual amendment papers will be replaced with consolidated lists before the amendments are discussed. Page and line references in amendment papers refer to the PDF version of the Bill.

HL Bill 105-I Marshalled list for Consideration of Commons Amendment
10 June 2025
Lords
HL Bill 105(b) Motion for Consideration of Commons Amendment
9 June 2025
Lords
HL Bill 105(a) Motion for Consideration of Commons Amendment
6 June 2025
Lords
Commons Consideration of Lords Amendments as at 3 June 2025
3 June 2025
Commons
Notices of CCLA Amendments as at 2 June 2025
2 June 2025
Commons
Notices of CCLA Amendments as at 30 May 2025
30 May 2025
Commons
HL Bill 63-R-I Marshalled list for Report
28 April 2025
Lords
HL Bill 63-R Running list of amendments – 24 April 2025
24 April 2025
Lords
HL Bill 63-R Running list of amendments – 23 April 2025
23 April 2025
Lords
HL Bill 63-R Running list of amendments – 22 April 2025
22 April 2025
Lords
HL Bill 63-R Running list of amendments – 8 April 2025
8 April 2025
Lords
HL Bill 63-R Running list of amendments – 3 April 2025
3 April 2025
Lords
HL Bill 63-II Second marshalled list for Grand Committee
20 March 2025
Lords
HL Bill 63-I(a) Amendments for Grand Committee (Supplementary to the Marshalled List)
19 March 2025
Lords
HL Bill 63-I Marshalled list for Grand Committee
17 March 2025
Lords
HL Bill 63 Running list of amendments – 13 March 2025
13 March 2025
Lords
HL Bill 63 Running list of amendments – 12 March 2025
12 March 2025
Lords
Consideration of Bill Amendments as at 21 January 2025
21 January 2025
Commons
Consideration of Bill Amendments as at 21 January 2025 - large print
21 January 2025
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 20 January 2025
20 January 2025
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 17 January 2025
17 January 2025
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 15 January 2025
15 January 2025
Commons
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 12 December 2024
12 December 2024
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 11 December 2024
11 December 2024
Commons
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 10 December 2024
10 December 2024
Commons

Details of proceedings in Public Bill Committee or Committee of the whole House, on any report (consideration) stage, and on any consideration of Lords Amendments or any subsequent Lords Messages. The documents contain the text of amendments considered at each sitting and show whether it was agreed to, negatived (not agreed), not called, not moved or withdrawn.

Proceedings on Consideration of Lords Amendments as at 3 June 2025
3 June 2025
Commons
Report Stage Proceedings as at 21 January 2025
21 January 2025
Commons
All proceedings up to 12 December 2024 at Public Bill Committee stage
12 December 2024
Commons

House of Commons Library and House of Lords Library briefing papers aim to be politically impartial, containing factual information as well as a range of opinions on each subject. Briefing papers on Bills are produced before Second Reading and, in the Commons, after Committee Stage.

Armed Forces Commissioner Bill 2024-25
16 January 2026
Commons
Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: HL Bill 63
6 February 2025
Lords
Armed Forces Commissioner Bill 2024-2025: Progress of the Bill
16 January 2025
Commons

The following select committee reports have been identified as relevant to the debate on the Bill.

26th Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
13 June 2025
Lords
17th Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
13 March 2025
Lords

Archive of press notices related to the Bill.

Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: call for evidence
26 November 2024
Commons

Written submissions from outside bodies and individuals are circulated to MPs appointed to examine the Bill during committee stage in a Public Bill Committee. The following written submissions were sent to this committee.

Written evidence submitted by an individual who wishes to remain anonymous (AFCB01)
10 December 2024
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Forward Assist (AFCB02)
10 December 2024
Commons

Occasionally questions put to government Ministers during debates on Bills in either the House of Commons or the House of Lords may be answered by the Minister saying 'I will write to the Hon Member'. Such “will write” replies are not published in Hansard but are placed in the Library of the House concerned and published on the Parliamentary website.

Letter from Baroness Smith to Lord Coaker regarding duplicate Service Complaints in admissibility decisions.
12 May 2025
Letter from Lord Coaker to Baroness Ramsey regarding the response to the Seventeenth Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee on the Bill.
23 April 2025
Letter from Lord Coaker to the Earl of Minto, Lord Stirrup, Baroness Smith of Newnham and Baroness Goldie regarding the role of the Head of Establishment of sites and and their ability to prevent the Armed Forces Commissioner from entering on National Security or safety grounds.
23 April 2025
Letter from Lord Coaker to Lord Stirrup regarding issues raised in a follow up meeting: Operation of the Armed Forces Commissioner in mixed military and industry sites.
22 April 2025
Letter from Lord Coaker to Lord Lancaster regarding death in service and inheritance tax.
14 April 2025
Letter dated from Lord Coaker to Lords regarding the definition of 'family members', as discussed during the Second Reading of the Bill; Draft Armed Forces (Armed Forces Commissioner) Regulations 2025 (covering the definition of ‘family members')
19 March 2025
Letter from Lord Coaker to colleagues regarding a correction to a statement made about a list of national security exemptions made during the Second Reading.
12 March 2025
Letter dated 12/03/2025 from Lord Coaker to colleagues regarding a correction to a statement made about a list of national security exemptions made during the Second Reading of the Armed Forces Commissioner Bill.
12 March 2025

Full transcripts

Commons Committee stage

Compilation PDF of all Committee Debate sittings so far
12 December 2024
Commons
12 December 2024
Commons
12 December 2024
Commons
10 December 2024
Commons
10 December 2024
Commons

Link to the relevant section in the Commons Hansard Daily Report

Commons 2nd reading

2nd reading - Commons Hansard link
18 November 2024
Commons

Commons Report stage

Report stage - Commons Hansard link
21 January 2025
Commons

Commons 3rd reading

3rd reading - Commons Hansard link
21 January 2025
Commons

Commons Consideration of Lords amendments

Consideration of Lords Amendments - Commons Hansard link
3 June 2025
Commons

Lords 1st reading

23 January 2025
Lords

Lords 2nd reading

5 March 2025
Lords

Lords Committee stage

24 March 2025
Lords
19 March 2025
Lords

Lords Report stage

30 April 2025
Lords

Lords 3rd reading

12 May 2025
Lords

Lords Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons

11 June 2025
Lords

Lords 1st reading

Minutes of Proceedings
23 January 2025
Lords

Lords 2nd reading

Minutes of Proceedings
5 March 2025
Lords

Lords Committee stage

Minutes of Proceedings
24 March 2025
Lords
Minutes of Proceedings
19 March 2025
Lords

Lords Report stage

Minutes of Proceedings
30 April 2025
Lords

Lords 3rd reading

Minutes of Proceedings
12 May 2025
Lords

Lords Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons

Minutes of Proceedings
11 June 2025
Lords